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73277 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugrats | Rugrats | Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers most prominently—Tommy, Chuckie, twins Phil and Lil, and Angelica—and their day-to-day lives, usually involving life experiences that become much greater adv... |
73278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyver | Guyver | The word Guyver is a word made by manga artist Yoshiki Takaya. It can refer to:
Bio Booster Armor Guyver - Manga series by Yoshiki Takaya
Guyver: Out of Control - A film based on the manga. |
73281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement%20vector | Displacement vector | A displacement vector is a concept from mathematics. It is a vector. It shows the direction and distance traveled with a straight line. It is often used in physics to display the speed, acceleration and distance of an object traveled (relative to a reference point or an object's starting position).
Example
Tom walks... |
73282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enkephalin | Enkephalin | An enkephalin is one of the first endorphins that were discovered in the brain. They are found in many parts of the brain, specially in the basal ganglia. They act as "natural pain killers".
Enkephalins are small proteins. They consist of five amino acids in each of their molecules. The last amino acid is either leuci... |
73283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receptor%20%28cell%20biology%29 | Receptor (cell biology) | In cell biology, a receptor is a special structure that can be found in cell membranes. These are made of protein molecules such as glycoproteins. Receptors bind (attach) to specialised molecules. If the receptor has this molecule, it is activated, but if it does not it is deactivated. Depending on its state, a change ... |
73284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copp%C3%A9lia | Coppélia | Coppélia ou La fille aux yeux d'email () is probably the best-known and most performed comedy ballet in the world. Arthur Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter based the ballet on E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 fairy tale Der Sandmann (). Léo Delibes wrote the music. Saint-Léon choreographed the ballet.
The ballet is set in a Poli... |
73289 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-German%20movement | Pan-German movement | Pan-German Movement (from , all, and Germania) is a nationalist ideological and political movement promoting the unification of all German-speaking peoples of Europe.
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Nationalism |
73297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMVU | IMVU | IMVU is an instant messaging client that uses three dimensional avatars to represent people. It was made in 2004 and has over 20 million users. Users can change how their avatar looks by buying things with "IMVU credits" earned in the game. It is free to join, but some features cost money. Most features can be bought w... |
73342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance%20Georgine%2C%20Countess%20Markiewicz | Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz | Constance, Countess Markiewicz, born as Constance Georgine Gore-Booth on February 4, 1868, died July 15, 1927), was an Irish Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil.
She was the first woman elected to the British House of Commons, but she did not take her seat. Instead she and the other Sinn Féin TDs formed the first Dáil Éireann.... |
73345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas | Nas | NAS can also be a shorthand for Network-attached storage.
Nas (born Nasir Jones on September 14, 1973) is an American rapper, songwriter, record executive, entrepreneur and and actor. He is most known for his first album, Illmatic, which was released in 1994. It has been widely critically praised. Nas has been nominat... |
73355 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Kingdom%20of%20Great%20Britain%20and%20Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927. The United Kingdom was formed by the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself a merger of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland) and the Kingdom of Ireland. Its name was changed in 192... |
73357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox | Xerox | Xerox is an American company that makes and sells photocopiers and paper. It was the first brand of modern photocopiers. The term xerox has become a generic trademark. This means people often use 'xerox' to mean any copy machine, and "xeroxing" to mean photocopying. The company was founder in 1906. Its headquarters i... |
73359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agneta%20Sj%C3%B6din | Agneta Sjödin | Agneta Sjödin (born 20 July 1967 in Norrbo, Hälsingland) is a Swedish television presenter.
Hostings
Tur i kärlek
Fångarna på fortet
Småstjärnorna
Sikta mot stjärnorna
Jakten på den röda rubinen
Saknad
Let's Dance
Gladiatorerna
Miss Sweden
1967 births
Living people
Swedish television presenters |
73360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque | Baroque | The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1740s.
Gallery
Related pages
Baroque music
Rococo
Other websites
The difference between Classicism and baroque in video.
Art movements
Architectural styl... |
73361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89amon%20de%20Valera | Éamon de Valera | Éamon de Valera (born with the name Edward George de Valera, ) (14 October 1882–) was one of the dominant political figures in 20th century Ireland. Co-owner of one of the Irish Press Newspapers, he served in public office from 1917 to 1973. Several times he was either head of state or head of government in Ireland.
... |
73366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operetta | Operetta | Operetta is a term which started to be used in the 19th century to describe an opera that was not too serious and often full of fun. It is often described as “light opera” (“light” meaning “not serious“). In an opera everything is usually sung. In an operetta there is a lot of spoken dialogue, and songs and dances a... |
73371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investiture | Investiture | Investiture means the formal installation of somebody (heir, elect of nominee) in public office by formally giving him the "insignia". The term is normally reserved for formal offices of state, aristocracy and church.
In the Middle Ages investiture was the ceremonial transfer of a fief by an overlord to a vassal. Th... |
73373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insignia | Insignia | For the electronics brand-name of the same name, see Best BuyFor the Cruise Ship Insignia see Oceania Cruises
For the Band Insignium see Insignium
Insignia (the plural of Latin insigne'': emblem, symbol) is a symbol or token of personal power, status or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction. Ins... |
73378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20War%20of%20Independence | Irish War of Independence | (IRA) against the British soldiers (known as the Black and Tans because of the colour of their uniform) who were trying to keep Ireland under British control.
The war was fought between 1919 and June 1921. The fighting stopped while a peace treaty was worked out.
It began because of the 1916 Easter Rising. The Irish... |
73381 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop%20%28chess%29 | Bishop (chess) | A bishop () is a piece in the board game of chess. Each player starts the game with two bishops. One starts between the king's knight and the king, the other between the queen's knight and the queen. The pieces are called either the king's bishop or the queen's bishop. In chess notation the starting squares are c1 and ... |
73383 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathurst%201000 | Bathurst 1000 | The Bathurst 1000 is a car race held at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is held every year.
List of winners
Auto racing
Sport in Australia
New South Wales |
73401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Atlantic%20tropical%20cyclone | South Atlantic tropical cyclone | A South Atlantic tropical cyclone is an unusual form of weather event. Usually, strong wind shear is the biggest problem why tropical cyclones do not normally form in the southern Atlantic Ocean. If there was ever a "hurricane season" in the south Atlantic, it would most likely happen during the opposite of the north A... |
73407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera%20buffa | Opera buffa | Opera buffa is an Italian term meaning “comic opera”. It is mainly used for 18th century Italian comic operas. Opera buffa contrasts with opera seria (“serious opera”) in which the story was a tragedy. Opera seria was supposed to be “serious”, while opera buffa was an entertaining musical comedy. Like the opera ser... |
73415 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera%20seria | Opera seria | Opera seria is an Italian term which refers to the "serious" style of Italian opera in the 18th century. It was different from opera buffa which was a musical comedy. Opera seria was supposed to be about serious tragedy. The term “opera seria” only started to be used after the time when it was popular in order to t... |
73423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosbach | Mosbach | Mosbach (South Franconian: Mossbach) is a town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. About 25,000 people live there. It is between Heidelberg and Heilbronn. There are other big towns nearby: Sinsheim, Eberbach and Osterburken.
In Neckarelz, a suburb of Mosbach, is the most important train station. There are trai... |
73424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties%20of%20Ireland | Counties of Ireland | There are 32 historic counties on the island of Ireland. 26 are in the Republic of Ireland and 6 are in Northern Ireland.
The counties in italics do not have a county council, instead they are have two or more smaller administrative county councils (called districts, in Northern Ireland)
Several large towns are count... |
73425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melk%20Abbey | Melk Abbey | Melk Abbey or Stift Melk is a Benedictine abbey. It lies on the Danube, near the city of Melk. It is located in Lower Austria. It is one of the distinguishing features of a region known as Wachau. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The abbey was almost totally destroyed in a fire, on 14 August 1297. It was rebuilt i... |
73429 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walenstadt | Walenstadt | Walenstadt is a small city in east Switzerland. It is near Lake Walen and is divided in four part cities: Tscherlach, Berschis, Walenstadt and Walenstadtberg.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of St. Gallen
Cities in Switzerland |
73430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibitionism | Exhibitionism | Exhibitionism is a tendency some people have. These people derive pleasure from the fact that other people can see them naked, or while having sex. Exhibitionism is much more common in extraverts, especially people who have histrionic personality disorder.
Exhibitionism is more common in women than in men.
Enjoying ... |
73440 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20Rockwell | Norman Rockwell | Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter. He was born in New York City. During 40 years Rockwell drew the cover pages of The Saturday Evening Post. He died of emphysema in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge owns much of his work.
He is we... |
73441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderzee%20Works | Zuiderzee Works | The Zuiderzeewerken (Zuiderzee Works) are a system of dams, land reclamation and water drainage works in the Netherlands during the twentieth century. Plans for the works date back to the 1600s, but it was not until a very bad flood in 1916, that the Dutch parliament finally agreed to pay for the works. Now it is one o... |
73443 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo%20Alvar%20Henrik%20Aalto | Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto | Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 – May 11, 1976 ) was a Finnish architect who made many important contributions to architecture. Sometimes called the "Father of Modernism".
Life
Alvar Aalto was born in Kuortane, Finland. He studied architecture at the Technical University of Helsinki from 1916 to 1921. He re... |
73449 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crook%20of%20Devon | Crook of Devon | The Crook of Devon is a Perthshire village about 6 miles south west of Kinross on the A977. It was famous in the 17th century for its witch burnings. Down the road at the side of the Institute (Village Hall) on the right hand side is a field called Lamblaires and in the north west corner is the place where the witches ... |
73454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra-comique | Opéra-comique | Opéra comique is a French opera tradition. Many French operas from the early 18th century to the early 20th century are opéras comiques. In this French tradition there is spoken dialogue as well as songs and dances. It developed from the popular vaudevilles.
In Paris there is a theatre called the Opéra-Comique whe... |
73455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaudeville | Vaudeville | A Vaudeville was a French satirical poem or song in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was used a lot in French theatre where entertainments using such songs were called "comédie en vaudeville". Late in the 19th century, a type of variety show done in American theaters came to be called "vaudeville" which was popular from... |
73458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capelle%20aan%20den%20IJssel | Capelle aan den IJssel | is a city at the east side of Rotterdam. It is on the river IJssel and it has around 65,000 inhabitants. The place is well-known because the Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende lives there.
Cities in the Netherlands
Settlements in South Holland
Municipalities of South Holland |
73462 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy | Poppy | A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Paperveroideae.
The name is used especially for the bright red flowers which are common in this group. They are symbolic, and used to remember the Armistice Day of World War I, now known as Remembrance Day. Now it is celebrated in the Commonwealth for those who died in all... |
73475 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20signature | Time signature | A time signature is a set of two numbers, one on top of the other one, written right after the key signature in a piece of music. The two numbers in a time signature tell you how many of one kind of note there are in each measure in the song. For example, means that there are four beats in each measure and the quarter... |
73486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really%20Simple%20Syndication | Really Simple Syndication | RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish often updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel," contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up ... |
73497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Union%20member%20state | European Union member state | A European Union member state is any one of the twenty-seven countries that have joined the European Union (EU) since it was found in 1958 as the European Economic Community (EEC). From an original membership of six states, there have been five successive enlargements. The largest happened on 1 May 2004, when ten membe... |
73521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter | Porter | Porter can mean:
The family name Porter.
The given name Porter.
Many places are named for people named Porter
A person who carries objects
A person who works on a railroad and helps passengers
A kind of beer
Basic English 850 words |
73544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzal | Quetzal | A quetzal is a brightly colored bird in the trogon family. They are found in forests and woodlands, especially in humid highlands.
These birds live in the Americas. The word "quetzal" was first used for the resplendent quetzal, a famous long-tailed quetzal that lives in Central America. The resplendent quetzal is the ... |
73545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Powerpuff%20Girls | The Powerpuff Girls | The Powerpuff Girls is an American comedy-action satirical adventure superhero children's animated television series. It aired on Cartoon Network in from 1998 to 2009. It is about three humanoid superheroines named Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup who live in Townsville, USA. They are in kindergarteners and have superpo... |
73553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic%20Knights | Teutonic Knights | The Teutonic Knights are a Roman Catholic military order. It was formed at the end of the 12th century in Acre, Palestine, during the Crusades. The Teutonic Knights are now a clerical order based in Vienna, Austria.
In 1226 Konrad of Masovia brought the Teutonic Knights to fight against Baltic pagan Prussian tribes. T... |
73562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renju | Renju | Renju (Japanese and ) is a version of the board game Gomoku. The game comes from Japan. It is played in many other countries including China, Korea, Russia, Estonia and Sweden. It is played with black and white stones on a Go board.
Other websites
Renju International Federation has complete rules and history of the ... |
73565 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nainital | Nainital | Nainital is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital district in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas.
Naini Lake has too low a level of oxygen in the bottom layer to sustain fish. This is mostly due to pollution, which includes illegal dumping of garbage.
Other websites
Trade ... |
73568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/24%20%28TV%20series%29 | 24 (TV series) | 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning American television series broadcast by Fox Network in the US and shown worldwide. The show first came on TV on November 6, 2001, airing eight seasons of 24 episodes each until May 24, 2010. The show returned on May 5, 2014 for a 12 episode miniseries called Live Another Day that ... |
73570 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Award%20for%20Best%20Musical | Tony Award for Best Musical | This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical, first awarded in 1949.
Awards and nominations
1949 Kiss Me, Kate - Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Samuel and Bella Spewack.
1950 South Pacific - Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Oscar Hammerstein... |
73571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Award%20for%20Best%20Play | Tony Award for Best Play | 1948 Mister Roberts1949 Death of a Salesman
1950 The Cocktail Party1951 The Rose Tattoo
1952 The Fourposter1953 The Crucible
1954 The Teahouse of the August Moon1955 The Desperate Hours
1956 The Diary of Anne Frank1957 Long Day's Journey Into Night
1958 Sunrise at Campobello 1959 J.B.
1960 The Miracle Worker1961 Becket... |
73586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%20Anne%27s%20Revenge | Queen Anne's Revenge | Queen Anne's Revenge was the name of Blackbeard's famous pirate ship. Built in 1710 as the Concord, it was captured by the French in 1711 and by pirates in 1717, before being run aground on an island near North Carolina
Ships
Piracy
History of North Carolina |
73587 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouthpiece%20%28brass%29 | Mouthpiece (brass) | A brass mouthpiece is the part of a brass instrument that a player blows into to make a sound. The purpose of a mouthpiece is to send vibrations down the instrument to make a musical note.
Larger mouthpieces are used on larger instruments, and smaller ones are used on smaller instruments. This is because a larger mou... |
73595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine%20Hamilton%20Childers | Erskine Hamilton Childers | Erskine Hamilton Childers (11 December 1905 – 17 November 1974), was the son of Robert Erskine Childers (author of the spy thriller The Riddle of the Sands. He was the fourth President of Ireland from 1973 until his death in 1974, and a TD from 1938 until 1973.
Childers held the following posts during his political ... |
73599 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1naiste | Tánaiste | A Tánaiste (plural: Tánaistí) is the deputy head of the government of the Republic of Ireland.
The Taoiseach nominates a member of Government to be Tánaiste. Leo Varadkar is the current Tánaiste.
Under the Irish Free State, the deputy leader was Deputy President of the Executive Council. In 1937 the title was cha... |
73602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20Free%20State | Irish Free State | The Irish Free State () was the name of Ireland from 1922 to 1937. It replaced both the Irish Republic and Southern Ireland.
The government was called the Executive Council, and it was headed by the President of the Executive Council, instead of a Prime Minister.
Until 1927 it was ruled by a Governor General on beha... |
73611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20Winter%20Olympics | 2018 Winter Olympics | The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, is a sporting event that took place in between February 9 and 25, 2018. The deadline for bids was January 2009. The winning city, Pyeongchang, South Korea, was announced on July 6, 2011.
Officially, it is being called 'PyeongChang', spelled ... |
73619 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabyles%20people | Kabyles people | The Kabyles ( in Kabyle pronounced ) are a Berber people. Their traditional homeland is highlands of Kabylie (or Kabylia) in northeastern Algeria.
Their name comes from the name of the mountainous region in the north of Algeria where they live traditionally. Perhabs It means "tribes" (from the Arabic "qaba'il" which ... |
73620 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber%20languages | Berber languages | The Berber languages or Tamazight are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. Kabyle and Tachelhit are Berber languages.
Other websites
Berber Research Center (INALCO, Paris)
Interview with Rachid Aadnani on the Amazigh issue
Imyura, Berber website about literature, mostly Kabyle... |
73621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Ireland | Southern Ireland | Southern Ireland was the twenty-six county Irish state created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. This Act divided the island of Ireland in two, Northern Ireland (covering approximately fifteen percent of the island, in the northeast) and Southern Ireland (covering the remaining territory to the south and west). B... |
73626 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCsedom | Züsedom | Züsedom is a small village in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Since 1 January 2012, it is part of the municipality Rollwitz.
Settlements in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Villages in Germany |
73631 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankstown%20Bunker | Bankstown Bunker | The Bankstown Bunker was a top secret Royal Australian Air Force base that was used during the Second World War. During the war it was Australia's main air defence base. It is no longer in use. The bunker is buried underneath a public park in the suburb of Condell Park in the City of Bankstown, which is in the state of... |
73644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldplay | Coldplay | Coldplay is an English rock band formed in London in 1996. The band's members are vocalist/pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bass player Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion. Coldplay became famous around the world with their 2000 song "Yellow". Their first album, Parachutes, was very successful and was... |
73645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping%20sickness | Sleeping sickness | "Sleeping sickness" is also another name for Narcolepsy.
Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is an infectious disease. It is caused by parasites from the species Trypanosoma brucei.
People get African trypanosomiasis from the tsetse fly. Because of this, it is most common in certain areas of Africa, espe... |
73651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayyubid%20dynasty | Ayyubid dynasty | The Ayyubid or Ayyoubid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origins which ruled Egypt, Syria, Yemen (except for the Northern Mountains), Diyar Bakr, Mecca, Hejaz and northern Iraq in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Ayyubids are also known as Ayoubites, Ayyoubites, Ayoubides or Ayyoubides.
The Ayyubid dynasty was b... |
73653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice-President%20of%20the%20Executive%20Council%20of%20the%20Irish%20Free%20State | Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State | The Executive Council was the cabinet of the Irish Free State, it was headed by the "President of the Executive Council".
Constitution of The Irish Free State said that the Vice President would act for the President of the Executive Council while he was absent, or until a new President was elected
Because the Executi... |
73673 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse%20fly | Tsetse fly | Tsetse flies are large biting flies that live in the tropical regions of Africa. They bite vertebrates, and drink their blood. They are the insect vectors of some serious diseases.
They have been studied a lot because they can spread sleeping sickness and other diseases.
The genus Glossina has about 34 species in thr... |
73691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun | Pun | A pun is a joke which is a “play on words” (a game using words). People make puns in order to make other people laugh. Many jokes are actually puns. A pun usually uses a word which can have more than one meaning, even if the spelling is different:
Sometimes a pun may use a whole phrase that can be heard in more than ... |
73694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20American%20P-51%20Mustang | North American P-51 Mustang | The P-51 Mustang was an American fighter made by North American Aviation during World War II. Later versions escorted American bombers over Europe and Japan. There were 5 versions of the Mustang built, called the P-51A, P-51B, P-51C, P-51D, and the P-51H. To provide more power at high altitude, the B, C, D, and H versi... |
73695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airsoft | Airsoft | Airsoft is a sport that uses fake guns (Airsoft guns) to battle. This game is usually compared with paintball, another sport that uses fake guns to battle. The difference between the two sports are:
Bullets from an Airsoft gun do not explode and leave paint on the target. But, if it the BB (the bullets used by airsoft... |
73698 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich%20MiG-15 | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | MiG-15 Fagot was a jet combat airplane designed by Mikoyan, a Russian airplane company. It was intended as an interceptor but fought more often as an air superiority fighter. It first flew in 1947, and went in military service in 1949. It was one of the first to use a swept wing. It first fought in the Korean War, wher... |
73701 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20American%20F-86%20Sabre | North American F-86 Sabre | The F-86 Sabre (nicknamed the "Sabre jet") was an American fighter plane made by North American Aviation. It first flew in 1947, and was introduced to battle the MiG-15 in the Korean War. Unlike the fighter before it, the F-86 had swept wings to be faster.
Related pages
MiG-15
United States Air Force aircraft
Royal A... |
73704 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Hillery | Patrick Hillery | Patrick John Hillery (; 2 May 1923 – 12 April 2008) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990. First elected at the 1951 general election as a Fianna Fáil TD for County Clare, he remained in Dáil Éireann until 1973. During this time he served as:
Minister for Educati... |
73709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich%20MiG-21 | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | The MiG-21 Fishbed is a jet aircraft made by Mikoyan. It is a supersonic fighter aircraft and first flew in 1956. It has a delta wing and at least 30 countries used it. More than 10,000 were made, which is more than any other supersonic plane. It fought in the Vietnam War and is still being used today.
Soviet military... |
73710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantyhose | Pantyhose | Pantyhose is a piece of women's clothing that covers the waist down. They fit tightly. Modern tights come in different colors. Аor every day women are usually chosen brown (tan color pantyhose) or black or nude (skin) pantyhose. But today are very popular different patterned pantyhose: for example, Polka Dot, Backseam,... |
73711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tights | Tights | Tights are a tight fitting clothing. In American English, the term includes pantyhose. They usually fit from the waist down and are often worn in dancing. Tights in the past were made of elasticized silk or other material. Modern tights are often made of spandex.
Tights were invented in 1598, by a man called William L... |
73712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatiel | Cockatiel | Cockatiels are small birds originally from Australia and are related to many other cockatoos. They are the second most common bird species kept as a pet. Cockatiels can live from 10 to 25 years, depending on how healthy their lifestyle is, although wild cockatiels usually live shorter.
Cockatiels have tiny feathers o... |
73713 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Hollywood%20shootout | North Hollywood shootout | The North Hollywood shootout was a gunfight that happened on February 28, 1997. Emil Matasareanu (July 19, 1966 - February 28, 1997) and Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. (September 20, 1970 - February 28, 1997) were bank robbers, and used AK-47s, an AR-15, an HK-91, and 9 MM pistols. The police could not easily kill them beca... |
73715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR-15 | AR-15 | The AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by the ArmaLite, it is the civilian version of the M16.
The " AR" in its name reflects the first two letters in the company name... ArmaLite. The fact that the AR-17 is a shotgun gives lie to a common belief that AR stands for "ArmaLite Rifle."
The military version ... |
73723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timpani | Timpani | Timpani (sometimes called kettle drums) are drums that are made out of large bowls that are usually made of copper shaped by craftsmen, which after being tuned, have a skin-like material stretched over the top. This material used to be a type of vellum or treated skin, but modern drums use a synthetic material. This to... |
73730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Lorenzo%20%282007%29 | Hurricane Lorenzo (2007) | Hurricane Lorenzo was the twelfth named storm and fourth hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed in the Bay of Campeche off the east coast of Mexico where it quickly strengthened into a hurricane. It made landfall in central Mexico early on September 28 as a Category 1 hurricane.
Storm history
On S... |
73750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergiant | Supergiant | Supergiants are some of the largest stars in the universe. They are larger than giant stars, and less luminous than hypergiants. They vary greatly in size. They tend to be situated towards the top of the Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram, which is a graph depicting star development. Some are only 50 million kilometers across,... |
73755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipton | Tipton | This is about the town in the West Midlands, England. For other towns called Tipton, see Tipton (disambiguation).
Tipton is a town in the Sandwell borough of the West Midlands, England, with a population of around 47,000.
Tipton is located about halfway between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. It is a part of the West M... |
73756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic%20matter | Organic matter | Organic matter (or organic material) is matter that has come from a recently living organism. It is capable of decay, or is the product of decay; or is composed of organic compounds. There is not one definition of organic matter only. It varies upon the context, the subject it is being used for.
Soil is composed of m... |
73761 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need%20for%20Speed%3A%20Carbon | Need for Speed: Carbon | Need For Speed: Carbon is an racing game by Electronic Arts that belongs to the Need for Speed series. It is the 12th game in the Need For Speed series and is available on many gaming systems such as the GameCube, Wii, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC. It is the last i... |
73764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Robinson | Mary Robinson | Mary Robinson (; born 21 May 1944) was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997. She had been an academic, barrister, and member of the Irish senate from 1969 to 1989.
She defeated Fianna Fáil's Brian Lenihan and Fine Gael's Austin Currie in the 1990 presidential election, the first time Fianna... |
73765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MotorStorm | MotorStorm | MotorStorm is a racing video game. It is only available for the PlayStation 3. The goal of the game is to win a series of races and to be the winner of the MotorStorm Festival. Players can control seven different types of vehicles throughout the game including rally cars, big rigs, dirt bikes, ATVs, racing trucks, bugg... |
73826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipton%20%28disambiguation%29 | Tipton (disambiguation) | Tipton may refer to:
Towns or Cities
Tipton, town in the West Midlands, England
Tipton, Indiana, city in Indiana, USA
Tipton, Iowa, city in Iowa, USA
Tipton, Kansas, city in Kansas, USA
Tipton, Oklahoma, city in Oklahoma, USA
People
Analeigh Tipton, the American figure skater, actress, and fashion model.
Billy Tip... |
73841 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletic%20shoe | Athletic shoe | An athletic shoe is a name for a shoe designed for sporting and physical activities, and is different in style and build than a dress shoe. Originally used mainly during sports, today they are worn as casual footwear. They are often very comfortable and usually have lots of padding.
Athletic shoes, depending on the lo... |
73857 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtung%20Baby | Achtung Baby | Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was put in stores on 19 November 1991. The album came almost two years after the lead singer, Bono, said that the band would "have to go away and dream it all up again," after their 1988 album, Rattle and Hum was criticized.
Achtung Baby shows a very b... |
73859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail%20of%20Tears | Trail of Tears | The Trail of Tears was a forced movement of Native Americans in the United States between 1836 and 1839. The United States government forced Native Americans to leave their lands and move outside the United States. The U.S. then took over the Native Americans' lands and made the United States bigger.
Because thousan... |
73863 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20cyclogenesis | Tropical cyclogenesis | Tropical cyclogenesis is a meteorological word used to describe tropical cyclone formation, and its strengthening over the atmosphere. Tropical cyclogenesis happens when the development of a warm-core cyclone, is associated with a lot of convection in a favorable atmospheric environment. Usually, about 86 tropical cyc... |
73864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop | Archbishop | In Christianity, an archbishop is an important bishop. The jurisdiction or area governed of an archbishop; an archdiocese; is called an archbishopric. In the Catholic Church, when a bishop becomes an archbishop, he is not given any more Holy Orders or any other sacrament. The word comes from the Greek αρχι, which means... |
73869 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devolution | Devolution | Devolution is when a central government transfers powers to a local government. It is sometimes called Home Rule or decentralisation.
In the United Kingdom devolution has happened in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Each of these three countries now has an elected legislature which can pass some laws and a gov... |
73875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/5566%20%28band%29 | 5566 (band) | 5566 is a Taiwanese boy-band. The name of the band comes from the fact that there were originally five members, who worked in six areas of media and entertainment. These six areas are singing, acting, television hosting, modeling, CMs and dancing. They are signed under the record labels Jungiery Star. and Avex
Members... |
73877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit%20%28band%29 | Fahrenheit (band) | Fahrenheit (Traditional Chinese: 飛輪海; Pinyin: Fēi Lún Hǎi) is a Taiwanese boy band. Fahrenheit has been a great success around Asia, particularly in Taiwan, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. The group has four members: Calvin Chen, Jiro Wang, Wu Zun and Aaron Yan. They record albums with HIM Internati... |
73895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laborschule%20Bielefeld | Laborschule Bielefeld | Laborschule Bielefeld (Laboratory school Bielefeld) is school in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The school was created in 1974. It is based on the ideas of Hartmut von Hentig. Laborschule Bielefeld tries new ways of teaching. The University of Bielefeld runs the school.
Laborschule Bielefeld has students ... |
73913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody%20Scheckter | Jody Scheckter | Jody David Scheckter (born January 29, 1950) is a South African former auto racing driver. He won the Formula One driver's title in 1979 driving for Ferrari.
He is only South African ever to win the formula one driver's title. Scheckter is of Jewish descent.
1950 births
Living people
Formula One drivers
Jewish sports... |
73922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme%20for%20International%20Student%20Assessment | Programme for International Student Assessment | The Programme for International Student Assessment is a test done by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It is done every 3 years. In the test, 15-year-old schoolchildren are tested in different subjects. Their grades can then be compared. It is used to say that a certain school (or schoo... |
73925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris%20Lessing | Doris Lessing | Doris Lessing (Doris May Tayler, 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British writer. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Reporters told Doris that she had won the Nobel prize and they asked her "Are you not surprised?". She said she had already "won every other European literature prize" so wi... |
73926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%20Najaf | An Najaf | Najaf (Arabic:النجف; Transliterated: An Najaf; Persian:نجف) is a city in Iraq. It is about 160 km south of Baghdad. In 2008, about 900.583 people lived there. The city is the capital of Najaf province. It is one of the seven holy cities of Shia Islām. It is the center of Shia political power in Iraq.
The city is home... |
73936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karbala | Karbala | Karbala (Arabic:كربلاء; Transliterated:Al Karbala; also known as Karbala al-Muqaddasah, in the West, sometimes spelled Kerbela) is a city in Iraq. It is about 100 km southwest of Baghdad. It is the capital of Karbala Province. For Shi'a Muslims the city is one of the holiest cities, after Mekka,Medina, Jerusalem, and A... |
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